Jan 11, 2022
Summary: Enlightenment comes from examining with the benefit of hindsight. A celebration of who we all are and where we all come from. Why choosing to be seen not to be hidden is an act of courage and conviction. Recollections may vary; however the body never lies.
In this candid final episode of season 1, Dr Rachel speaks about her greatest fears, why it is important to voice them, how we can all empower ourselves through fear, and why ‘Stuart: A Life Backwards’ is probably one of the most thought-provoking films Tom Hardy has made. In true end of season and celebrating the enlightenment of the previous episodes find out why it is good for us all to consider a life lived backwards.
This show is dedicated to everyone who has dared to put their head above any kind of parapet, who dares to be different, who celebrates their uniqueness and who is truly (UN)Broken - especially when they have to pull up their big pants, take a big breath and feel all the fear to do so.
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Key Insights From This Episode:
- So today's podcast episode is actually UnBroken: A Podcast Backwards, in reference to one of the most thought-provoking real-life depictions in film.
- What you didn't know is the absolute agony of myself in allowing these things to go and air. And this is where we have to examine sort of a life backwards, where we've come from, our influences.
- There’s always going to be that little voice of doubt. That little reminder of this is where you came from, and it's important that we reframe that everything that we are who we are, what we do today is because of the influences of our past.
- What can't be brushed under the carpet is the impact of those memories on our body, on our emotional world, on how we feel, on how our nervous system responds when we have trigger events which are similar.
- Nothing that is inflicted on a child at any time can ever be blamed on that child.
- We are all born with a spectrum of different behavioural pathways, however, things like anxiety, things like fear, response, things like withdrawal, detachment, they are all learned behaviours because of things that we experience.
- The body gives us so much information, it can tell us everything that has gone on. It can tell us everything that we're capable of, and we never even realise that.
- What this episode really was is about the truth. My truth in particular. The realisation that I have been fearful about allowing my voice to be heard by people.
- I consider that all the time and effort and fear that has gone into making the UnBroken Podcast has been worth it.
- Let's build up our UnBroken tribe, because the more that are of us being authentic and true and having a voice, then the better life will become not just for us, but for everybody that resides within it.
About Our Host
Dr Rachel Taylor
Dr Rachel Taylor is a neuroscientist with decades of experience exploring, discovering and solving everyday challenges faced by many, as well as listening to and telling the stories of people she comes across in her endeavour to show difference is good, trauma is endemic and joy is connection. She started UnBroken as she wanted to highlight that the system is broken not people and uses the UnBroken podcast to share her learnings, honest conversations and words of wisdom with the UnBroken Tribe of listener.
About UnBroken
UnBroken is founded upon the belief that the environment in which we were born, grew in, live in, work in, play in and rest in has a huge impact on how well we believe we are and how well we perform. Wellbeing and optimal human performance are not simply about the absence of disease, they are about the ability to live purposefully, intentionally, joyfully and freely.
UnBroken provides a range of supportive online resources including a podcast, blog, apothecary and monthly online membership for people who dare to be different, are open to possibilities and want a different pathway to their own version of success.